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Words on Wheels Celebration & Ribbon Cutting (Rescheduled for Weather)

2:00pm - 6:00pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Age Group: All Ages, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, School-Age Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:

*With the predicted bad weather on Friday, April 26th, we have decided to reschedule for Monday, April 29!*

Managing Money: A Caregiver's Guide to Finances

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 43
Event Details:

Join us as Keith Piscitello, an Alzheimer's Association educator, presents information on how to manage money as the caregiver of a dementia patient.

Girl Scouts Troop 1430

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

2024 Summer Reading Display

All Day 5/1 - 6/30
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Lobby Display Case
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Exhibit
Event Details:

Find out more information about Summer Escape at the West Des Moines Public Library here. 

Creating Theme Gardens

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:

Ready to get gardening but overwhelmed with ideas and information? 

Social Security and Retirement Planning Basics

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Are you wondering how to figure out when to file for Social Security? Would you like to find ways to avoid higher taxation of your Social Security benefits? Join us for this program on Social Security and Retirement Planning Basics.

Friday Craft for Adults - Happy Beads

All Day
Library Branch: Main Branch
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Craft
Event Details:

On the 1st Friday of each month we will provide a craft project for adults to take home and enjoy.  Available at the Adult Services Desk during library hours while supplies last.    

Tech One-on-One

10:00am - 10:30am
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

Paint a Watercolor Chicken!

10:00am - 12:00pm
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Craft, Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Chickens are full of personality, strutting their stuff or crowing the morning away. With watercolor paint and easy techniques that simplify feather patterns, participants will capture a colorful chicken that leaves you smiling.

Tech One-on-One

10:30am - 11:00am
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

Tech One-on-One

11:00am - 11:30am
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Millie Knee Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Tech One-on-One 

MUFON Iowa

2:00pm - 4:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

MUFON UFO Education
*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

Whisper Ridge HOA

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Annual Meeting
*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

Social Security and Retirement Planning Basics

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 32
Event Details:

Are you wondering how to figure out when to file for Social Security? Would you like to find ways to avoid higher taxation of your Social Security benefits? Join us for this program on Social Security and Retirement Planning Basics.

Tween Club Read - The Last Cuentista

4:15pm - 5:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

If you like to read and talk about books (but you’re getting too old for our other book clubs), this club is for you.

Forest Bathing 101

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:

Have you heard of Shinrin-yoku: the Japanese Art of Forest Bathing? If you’d like to learn what it’s all about, join us for a one-hour presentation from WDM’s own Certified Nature + Forest Therapy Guide, Brandy Case Haub.

Newcomers Compass Club

9:30am - 11:30am
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Board Meeting
*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

YA Not Club Read

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Are you a "Grown Up" but you like to read Young Adult books?  Are you looking for a book club that doesn’t take itself too seriously?  Then YA Not join us for YA Not Club Read!

Everybody Wins! Iowa

12:30pm - 2:30pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Staff meeting
*This program is not sponsored by or affiliated with the West Des Moines Public Library.

WDM Writer's Group

10:00am - 1:00pm
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Southwoods Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Program
Event Details:

This in-person group is open to aspiring authors of all experience levels. Each participant brings an approximately 1500-word excerpt of their work-in-progress to read aloud.